Last week, the Library of Congress (LC) announced that the LC, the U.S. Congress and the Government Printing Office (GPO) launched the new beta Congress.gov, which combines Congress's internal LIS system with THOMAS.
The Congress.gov site includes bill status and summary, bill text and member profiles and some new features:
While the site is in beta, it’s important that the Library of Congress hear feedback from legal researchers. The Library is releasing Congress.gov as a beta site to enable a period of time for collecting user feedback and refining functionality while other content is incorporated. The Library anticipates Congress.gov will operate as a beta site for approximately one year as this work is completed. During that time, both THOMAS and LIS will continue to operate as usual.
- Effective display on mobile devices;
- Ability to narrow and refine search results;
- Ability to simultaneously search all content across all available years, with some files dating from the 93rd congress;
- Easier identification of current bill status;
- Members’ legislative history and biographical profiles;
- Maintenance of existing features such as links to video of the House and Senate floor, top searched bills and the save/share feature.
While the site is in beta, it’s important that the Library of Congress hear feedback from legal researchers. The Library is releasing Congress.gov as a beta site to enable a period of time for collecting user feedback and refining functionality while other content is incorporated. The Library anticipates Congress.gov will operate as a beta site for approximately one year as this work is completed. During that time, both THOMAS and LIS will continue to operate as usual.
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